Eyeglass-guard.



PATENTED MAY 31, 1904.

W. H. WILSON." EYE-GLASS GUARD. APPLICATION FILED 001221. 1903.

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Patented May 31, 1904.

UNITED STATEsPATE T OFFICE.

WILLIAM H. WILSON, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

.EYEGLASS-GUARD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 761,619, dated May 31,1904.

Application filed October 21,1903.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. WILsON, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in thecounty and State of New York, have invented a new and ImprovedEyeglass-Guard, of which the following is a full, clear,and exactdescription.

, a section of relatively stiff and tough skin,

such as ordinary leather, to the middle part of the guard, and then Ifasten the chamoisskin to the leather by glue,'cement, or the like. Thisprovides a soft and durable guard and one which is much easier on thewearer than the cork and tortoise-shell guards nowv drawings, forming apart of this specification,

in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts inboth views.

Figure 1 1s a fragmentary perspective View showing my invention, andFig. 2 is a section of the guard. 1 Y a indicates the metal section ofthe guard, which may of course be of any form and con- Serial No.177,835. (No model.)

1 structiond esired, b indicates the section of leather, which isfastened by rivets. c to the metal guard 64, and cl indicates thechamoisskin covering, which is glued or otherwise suitably cemented tothe leather 5. This forms a strong and yet a stiff pad, which may beworn comfortably and which is at the same time possessed of sufiicientrigidity to insure firmly holding the eyeglasses in place. If desired,the side portions of the chamois-skin d may be disposed to slightly lapthe edges of the leather 6. v

In this specification and claim I use the term chamois-skin as meaningchamoisskin proper and any one of the group of soft animal-skinsconstituting commercial equivalents of or substitutes for chamo1ssuch,for

example, as some of the finer skins of goats while by the term leatheris meant those tough and heavy animal-skins ordinarily known as leather.

Various changes in the form, proportions, and minor details of myinvention may be resorted to at will without departing from the spiritand scope thereof. Hence I consider myself entitled to all suchvariations as may lie within the intent of my claim.

.- Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent The combination with a metal eyeglassguard,of asection of leather,a fastenlng means extending between the guard andleather to hold the leather in place, and a section of chamois-skinglued or cemented to the leather.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification inthe-presence of two subscribing witnesses.

' WILLIAM H. WILSON. Witnesses:

'IsAAo B. OWENS, EVERARD B. MARSHALL.

